Dillwyn, George, 1738-1820

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George Dillwyn (1738-1820) was a Quaker minister born April 26, 1738, Old Style (May 7, New Style), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John and Susanna (Painter) Dillwyn. He married Sarah Hill in 1759. Dillwyn was unsuccessful in business, but was recognized as a minister in 1766. In 1784, he and his wife traveled to England and the continent of Europe on a religious visit, along with Sarah Grubb, Mary Dudley, and Robert Grubb. In 1793, Dillwyn and his wife again visited England, where they stayed for nine years. George Dillwyn died June 23, 1820, in Burlington, New Jersey.

From the description of the George Dillwyn financial records, 1761-1820. (Haverford College). http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-975-08-007

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creatorOf Edward Wanton Smith papers, 1681-1971 Haverford College Library
creatorOf Lippincott-Dillwyn papers, 1738-1824 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Parrish family papers, 1662-1873 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783 August 17, Philad[elphi]a, to "My Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1781 May, Philad[elphi]a [to George Dillwyn] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Papers, 1750-1936 (bulk 1750-1784). Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1770 May, June or July, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anth[ony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 July, Phila[delphi]a, [to George Dillwyn] / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Elizabeth Allinson commonplace book, 1820 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783 September 14, Philad[elphi]a, to "My dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 September 15, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1781 Dec., Philad[elphi]a, to "Beloved" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Anna Wharton Wood collection, 1741-1853 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf George Dillwyn financial records, 1761-1820 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Dillwyn & Hill family wills, 1762-1801 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Balderston Collected Manuscripts, 1735-1822 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf New Jersey Society of Promoting the Abolition of Slavery records, 1793-1809 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 July, [Philadelphia], to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf George Dillwyn commonplace book, undated Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Sharpless Family Papers, 1792-1892 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
referencedIn Allinson, William, 1766-1841. William Allinson journal 1802-1814. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 October, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814. Emlen-Jones family papers, ca. 1767 - ca. 1976. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 August 06, Ph[iladelphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779?, [Philadelphia?], to "Beloved" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 August 4, Phila[delphi]a, to "Beloved Friend" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Emlen, Samuel, 1730-1799. Letter. 6 of 12 mo. 1779, Philad[elphia, Pa.] to Charles Moore & wife [Milcah Martha Moore]. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, undated, [Philadelphia?, to George Dillwyn] / A[nthony] B[ene]z[e]t. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1773 August 5, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1782 February, Philad[elphi]a, to "My Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Haddon-Estaugh-Hopkins family papers, 1676-1841 (bulk 1676-1800). Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1781 July, Philad[elphi]a to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, undated, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn William Allinson journal, 1802-1814 William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1780 April, Phila[delphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anth[ony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Allinson, William, 1766-1841. William Allinson Journal. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1783 July, Philadelp[hi]a, to "My Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Hoskins family letterbook, 1729-1863 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1771 December 23, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear Friend" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1778 July about 12 or 14, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Allinson family. Papers, 1761-1909 (bulk 1761-1798, 1809-1811, 1824-1883). Rutgers University
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1779 September 11, about, [Philadelphia?] to "Dear Friend" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814. Emlen-Jones family papers, ca. 1767 - ca. 1976. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1771 May 2, Philad[elphi]a, to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1774 February 15, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1769 November, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anth[on]y Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Halliday Jackson Manuscripts, 1755-1833 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
creatorOf Benjamin West selected papers from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Archives of American Art
contributorOf Ackworth School, England, records, 1785-1786 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
referencedIn Johnson, Benjamin, 1766-1822?. Travel diary, 1796-1797. Winterthur Library
referencedIn Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810. Papers, 1783-1802. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1767 August 30, [Philadelphia?], to "Dear Friend" / Anth[ony] Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Henry Drinker papers, 1785-1808 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. Letter, 1767 April 15, Philad[elphia], to "Dear George" / Anthony Benezet. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Gulielma M. Howland Collection, ca. 1700-1867 Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
creatorOf Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853. Family papers, 1724-1857 (bulk 1788-1853). Haverford College Library
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Relation Name
associatedWith Allinson family. family
associatedWith Allinson, William, 1766-1841. person
correspondedWith Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784. person
associatedWith Bringhurst, James, 1730-1810. person
memberOf Burlington Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1678-1827) corporateBody
acquaintanceOf Churchman, George, 1730-1814 person
sibling-in-law of Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 person
associatedWith Denniston, Eleanor Parrish, d. 1931. person
spouseOf Dillwyn, Sarah, 1738?-1826. person
sibling of Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824 person
acquaintanceOf Drinker, Elizabeth Hart, 1737-1794 person
associatedWith Drinker, Henry, 1734-1809. person
associatedWith Emlen, Samuel, 1730-1799. person
auntOrUncleOf Emlen, Susanna Dillwyn, 1769-1819 person
acquaintanceOf Grubb, Sarah, 1756-1790 person
acquaintanceOf Hunt, John, 1740-1824 person
associatedWith Jackson, Halliday, 1771-1835. person
associatedWith Johnson, Benjamin, 1766-1822? person
associatedWith Lippincott, William, b. 1755. person
associatedWith New-Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery corporateBody
auntOrUncleOf Parrish, Susannah Cox, 1788-1851 person
correspondedWith Pleasants, Robert, 1723-1801 person
acquaintanceOf Sands, David, 1745-1818 person
acquaintanceOf Scattergood, Thomas, 1748-1814 person
acquaintanceOf Simpson, John, 1740-1811 person
acquaintanceOf Sleeper, John, 1731-1794 person
associatedWith Smith, Edward Wanton, 1875-1940, person
correspondedWith Smith, John, 1722-1771 person
correspondedWith Swett, Benjamin, approximately 1738-1819 person
correspondedWith Swett, Mary Howell, approximately 1739-1821 person
associatedWith Tallcot, Joseph, 1768-1853. person
associatedWith West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. person
associatedWith Westtown Boarding School corporateBody
acquaintanceOf Yarnall, Peter, 1754-1798 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 00 GB
Burlington NJ US
Philadelphia PA US
Subject
Society of Friends
Lay ministry
Quakers
Occupation
Clergy
Quakers
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Birth 1738-05-07

Death 1820-06-23

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English

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